Anyone who thinks we need more boots on the ground really needs to read Tommy Franks "American Soldier". According to Franks, Bush and Rummy let the commanders do their job, with the resources that they asked for. Given the way Franks rights, I am most sure that if the CENTCOM commander had asked for more troops, they would have been delivered.
I for one find refreshing that Bush and Rummy are willing to let the Generals fight the war, and not try to fight themselves while sitting in Washington (LBJ/RNM).
Pressing for more power, Rumsfeld micromanages Iraq war plans. Gen. Tommy Franks tells him (according to insider accounts), "This ain't going to work. You can fire me. I'm either the commander or I'm not...
...Page 281: On Douglas Feith, the Pentagon's undersecretary for policy: "I have to deal with the f--king stupidest guy on the face of the earth almost every day." (Feith, incidentally is handpicked by Rumsfeld)